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Derek Anderson

Derek Matthew Anderson

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-6, 235lb (198cm, 106kg)

Born: June 15, 1983 in Portland, OR

College: Oregon St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 23 (4988th overall since 1960)

High School: Scappoose (OR)

Draft: Baltimore Ravens in the 6th round (213th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

QBrec

20-29-0

Cmp%

54.3

Yds

10878

Y/A

6.5

Int

FantPt

583.8

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
2006	23	CLE	QB	3	5	3	0-3-0	66	117	56.4	793	5	4.3	8	6.8	37	44.0	66	6.8	4.6	12.0	158.6	63.1	42.2	8	66	6.4	5.82	3.74	1	1	2
2007*	24	CLE	QB	3	16	15	10-5-0	298	527	56.5	3787	29	5.5	19	3.6	185	46.4	78	7.2	6.7	12.7	236.7	82.5	62.6	14	109	2.6	6.80	6.29	2	2	14	AP CPoY-7, PB
2008	25	CLE	QB	3	10	9	3-6-0	142	283	50.2	1615	9	3.2	8	2.8	83	40.4	70	5.7	5.1	11.4	161.5	66.5	44.4	14	87	4.7	5.14	4.54	1	2	2
2009	26	CLE	QB	3	8	7	3-4-0	81	182	44.5	888	3	1.6	10	5.5	44	31.6	43	4.9	2.7	11.0	111.0	42.1	22.4	11	75	5.7	4.21	2.19	0	1	-4
2010	27	ARI	QB	3	12	9	2-7-0	169	327	51.7	2065	7	2.1	10	3.1	96	37.5	43	6.3	5.4	12.2	172.1	65.9	32.7	25	176	7.1	5.37	4.49	1	1	4
2011	28	CAR	QB	3	2	0		0	0		0	0		0				0				0.0		5.1	0	0						0
2012	29	CAR	QB	3	2	0		4	4	100.0	58	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	100.0	23	14.5	14.5	14.5	29.0	118.7	90.9	0	0	0.0	14.50	14.50			0
2013	30	CAR	QB	3	4	0		0	0		0	0		0		0		0				0.0		82.1	0	0						0
2014	31	CAR	QB	3	6	2	2-0-0	65	97	67.0	701	5	5.2	0	0.0	44	53.5	35	7.2	8.3	10.8	116.8	105.2	71.4	4	17	4.0	6.77	7.76			2
2015	32	CAR	QB	3	3	0		4	6	66.7	36	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	33.3	24	6.0	6.0	9.0	12.0	82.6	5.9	0	0	0.0	6.00	6.00			0
2016	33	CAR	QB	3	5	2	0-2-0	36	53	67.9	453	2	3.8	5	9.4	22	60.4	48	8.5	5.1	12.6	90.6	67.6	14.4	0	0	0.0	8.55	5.06			1
2017	34	CAR	QB	3	3	0		2	8	25.0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	25.0	9	2.1	2.1	8.5	5.7	39.6	0.2	0	0	0.0	2.13	2.13			0
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	0-2-0	42	70	60.0	465	0	0.0	4	5.7	22	38.7	40	6.6	4.1	11.1	232.5	56.0	26.6	5	33	6.7	5.76	3.36			1
Career					78	49	20-29-0	909	1674	54.3	10878	60	3.6	64	3.8	539	42.3	78	6.5	5.5	12.0	139.5	70.4		81	563	4.6	5.88	4.92	5	7	22
7 yrs		CAR			25	4	2-2-0	111	168	66.1	1265	7	4.2	5	3.0	72	54.7	48	7.5	7.0	11.4	50.6	90.0		4	17	2.3	7.26	6.76			3
4 yrs		CLE			39	34	16-18-0	587	1109	52.9	7083	46	4.1	45	4.1	349	42.1	78	6.4	5.4	12.1	181.6	69.7		47	337	4.1	5.84	4.88	4	6	14
1 yr		ARI			12	9	2-7-0	169	327	51.7	2065	7	2.1	10	3.1	96	37.5	43	6.3	5.4	12.2	172.1	65.9		25	176	7.1	5.37	4.49	1	1	4
1 yr		BUF			2	2	0-2-0	42	70	60.0	465	0	0.0	4	5.7	22	38.7	40	6.6	4.1	11.1	232.5	56.0		5	33	6.7	5.76	3.36			1

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Cmp%	TD%	Int%	Succ%	Y/A	AY/A	Rate	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
2015	32	CAR	QB	1	0		0
2017	34	CAR	QB	1	0		1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.00	0.00
Career				2		0-0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.00	0.00

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Advanced Passing

Air Yards

Accuracy

Pressure

Play Type

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	IAY	IAY/PA	CAY	CAY/Cmp	CAY/PA	YAC	YAC/Cmp
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	42	70	465	618	8.8	291	6.9	4.2	174	4.1

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Bats	ThAwy	Spikes	Drops	Drop%	BadTh	Bad%	OnTgt	OnTgt%
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	42	70	465	0	1	0	3	4.3%	12	17.4%

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Sk	PktTime	Bltz	Hrry	Hits	Prss	Prss%	Scrm	Yds/Scr
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	42	70	465	5	2.4	18	14	5	24	32.0%	0

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing			RPO						PlayAction
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Plays	Yds	PassAtt	PassYds	RushAtt	RushYds	PassAtt	PassYds
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	42	70	465	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
2006	23	CLE	QB	3	5	3	0-3-0	117	99	97	78	79	87	103	41	100	76
2007*	24	CLE	QB	3	16	15	10-5-0	527	106	113	105	110	85	117	91	123	101
2008	25	CLE	QB	3	10	9	3-6-0	283	77	83	84	87	64	90	102	109	80
2009	26	CLE	QB	3	8	7	3-4-0	182	61	65	55	58	44	70	63	102	49
2010	27	ARI	QB	3	12	9	2-7-0	327	87	86	86	86	71	76	99	93	80
2014	31	CAR	QB	3	6	2	2-0-0	97	101	110	118	123	119	107	143	118	123
2016	33	CAR	QB	3	5	2	0-2-0	53	132	148	73	84	121	93	-26	150	69
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	0-2-0	70	89	90	60	63	87	52	44	100	55
Career					78	49	20-29-0	1674

Fantasy

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing									Receiving												Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2006	23	CLE	QB	3	5	3	4	47	0	2	75.0	33	11.8	9.4	0.8					0								4	11.8	47	0	2
2007*	24	CLE	QB	3	16	15	32	70	3	12	40.6	11	2.2	4.4	2.0					0								32	2.2	70	3	5
2008	25	CLE	QB	3	10	9	25	55	0	6	36.0	15	2.2	5.5	2.5					0								25	2.2	55	0	9
2009	26	CLE	QB	3	8	7	10	8	2	6	60.0	3	0.8	1.0	1.3					0								10	0.8	8	2	5
2010	27	ARI	QB	3	12	9	5	25	0	2	60.0	11	5.0	2.1	0.4					0								5	5.0	25	0	6
2011	28	CAR	QB	3	2	0	2	-2	0			-1	-1.0	-1.0	1.0					0								2	-1.0	-2	0	0
2013	30	CAR	QB	3	4	0	5	0	0	1	20.0	2	0.0	0.0	1.3					0								5	0.0		0	0
2014	31	CAR	QB	3	6	2	8	24	0	3	50.0	8	3.0	4.0	1.3					0								8	3.0	24	0	2
2015	32	CAR	QB	3	3	0	7	-2	0	0	14.3	2	-0.3	-0.7	2.3					0								7	-0.3	-2	0	1
2016	33	CAR	QB	3	5	2	1	4	0	0	100.0	4	4.0	0.8	0.2					0								1	4.0	4	0	1
2017	34	CAR	QB	3	3	0	2	-2	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.7	0.7					0								2	-1.0	-2	0	0
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	1	-1	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0.5					0								1	-1.0	-1	0	3
Career					78	49	102	226	5	32	41.0	33	2.2	2.9	1.3					0								102	2.2	226	5	34
7 yrs		CAR			25	4	25	22	0	4	30.4	8	0.9	0.9	1.0					0								25	0.9	22	0	4
4 yrs		CLE			39	34	71	180	5	26	43.7	33	2.5	4.6	1.8					0								71	2.5	180	5	21
1 yr		ARI			12	9	5	25	0	2	60.0	11	5.0	2.1	0.4					0								5	5.0	25	0	6
1 yr		BUF			2	2	1	-1	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0.5					0								1	-1.0	-1	0	3

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing									Receiving												Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2015	32	CAR	QB	1	0	2	-2	0			-1	-1.0	-2.0	2.0					0								2	-1.0	-2	0	0
Career				2		2	-2	0			0	-1.0	-1.0	1.0					0								2	-1.0	-2	0

Advanced Rushing & Receiving

since 2018

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2006	23	CLE	QB	3	5	3			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
2007*	24	CLE	QB	3	16	15			0			0	5	1	-3	0	0.0
2008	25	CLE	QB	3	10	9			0			0	9	2	-13	0	0.0
2009	26	CLE	QB	3	8	7			0			0	5	2	-4	0	0.0
2010	27	ARI	QB	3	12	9			0			0	6	1	0	0	0.0
2014	31	CAR	QB	3	6	2			0			0	2	2	-10	0	0.0
2015	32	CAR	QB	3	3	0			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
2016	33	CAR	QB	3	5	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2			0			0	3	1	0	0	0.0
Career					78	49			0			0	34	10	-30	0	0.0
7 yrs		CAR			25	4			0			0	4	3	-10	0	0.0
4 yrs		CLE			39	34			0			0	21	5	-20	0	0.0
1 yr		ARI			12	9			0			0	6	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		BUF			2	2			0			0	3	1	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2007*	24	CLE	QB	3	16	15	3	3		18	1.1
2009	26	CLE	QB	3	8	7	2	2		12	1.5
Career					78	49	5	5	0	30	.4
7 yrs		CAR			25	4			0	0	0.0
4 yrs		CLE			39	34	5	5	0	30	.8
1 yr		ARI			12	9			0	0	0.0
1 yr		BUF			2	2			0	0	0.0

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012	29	CAR	QB	3	2	0	9	7%	0	0%	0	0%
2013	30	CAR	QB	3	4	0	15	6%	0	0%	0	0%
2014	31	CAR	QB	3	6	2	178	43%	0	0%	0	0%
2015	32	CAR	QB	3	3	0	25	12%	0	0%	0	0%
2016	33	CAR	QB	3	5	2	86	26%	0	0%	0	0%
2017	34	CAR	QB	3	3	0	15	8%	0	0%	0	0%
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	118	98%	0	0%	0	0%
Career							446		0		0
6 yrs		CAR			23	4	328		0		0
1 yr		BUF			2	2	118		0		0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Monitor

PFR HOF Monitor: 5.38 (205th among QB, average HOF QB is 103.58)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Derek Anderson?

Derek Anderson is 40 years old.

When was Derek Anderson born?

Derek Anderson was born on June 15, 1983.

Where was Derek Anderson born?

Derek Anderson was born in Portland, OR.

How tall is Derek Anderson?

Derek Anderson is 6-6 (198 cm) tall.

How much did Derek Anderson weigh when playing?

Derek Anderson weighed 235 lbs (106 kg) when playing.

Is Derek Anderson in the Hall of Fame?

Derek Anderson has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Derek Anderson play?

Derek Anderson played 78 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Derek Anderson have?

Derek Anderson had 10,878 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Derek Anderson have?

Derek Anderson had 60 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Derek Anderson won?

Derek Anderson has never won a Super Bowl.

When did Derek Anderson retire?

Derek Anderson last played in 2018.

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